THE TRANSACTIONS

OF

The Victoria Institute,

61620 Philosophical Society of Great Britain.

OR

LONDON:

(Published by the Institute). INDIA: W. THACKER & Co. UNITED STATES : G. T. PUTNAM'S SONS, N.Y. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: G. ROBERTSON & Co., LIM.

CANADA: DAWSON BROS., Montreal.
S. AFRICA: JUTA & Co., Cape Town.
PARIS: GALIGNANI.

1888.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE ADDRESS. BY PROFESSOR E. HULL, LL.D., F.R.S., DIRECTOR

OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRELAND

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SPEECHES

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ORDINARY MEETING, MAY 17, 1886

ÒN “THE CONNEXION BETWEEN JEWISE, PRENİCIAN, AND EARLY

GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE.” BY REV. J. LESLIE PORTER,

D.D., LL.D., PRESIDENT OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST

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THE EMPIRE OF THE HITTITES. BY THE REV. W. WRIGHT, D.D.

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CANAAN, ANCIENT AND MODERN, WITH REFERENCE TO THE LIGHT

On CAVES. BY PROFESSOR T. McK. HUGHES, M.A., F.G.S.

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DISCUSSION ON THE ABOVE

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LETTERS FROM THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, F.R.S., PROFESSOR

HULKE, F.R.S., SIR J. W. Dawson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.,

AND OTHERS.

REMARKS BY SIR WARINGTON W. SMYTH, F.R.S., AND

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OTHERS

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ORDINARY MEĐTING, MARCH 7, 1887 ...

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ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY. BY REV., F. A. WALKER, D.D., F.L.S.

LETTERS FROM MR. SYDNEY T. KLEIN, F.L.S., &c., MR.

H. C. DENT, F.L.S., REV. A. FULLER, F.E.S., REV.

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T. W. FOWLER, F.L.S., MR. A. H. SWINTON, F.E.S.

GEOLOGICAL SECTION ACROSS MOUNT HOR AND MOUNT SEIR

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ORDINARY MEETING, MAY 2, 1887

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PETRA, THE ROCK-HEWN CAPITAL OF IDUMÆA. BY PROFESSOR

HULL, LL.D., F.R.S., DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF

KRISHNA AND SOLAR MYTHS. BY THE Rev. R. COLLINS, M.A. ...

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NOTE ON BUDDHISM AND THE VEDA. BY SIR MONIER MONIER-

By S. R.

ON THE PEDIGREE OF THE CORAL REEFS OF ENGLAND.

PATTISON, Esq., F.G.S.

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DISCUSSION

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COMMUNICATION FROM PROFESSOR G. G. STOKES, F.R.S., THE

PRESIDENT

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ORDINARY MEETING, APRIL 18, 1887...

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ON PRACTICAL OPTIMISM. BY THE REV. CANON W. SAUMAREZ

SMITH, B.D.

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DISCUSSION

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ORDINARY MEETING, DECEMBER 6

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TŅE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS OF THE ABORIGINES OF

NORTH AMERICA. BY THE REV. S. D. PEET (With Illustrations)

AND DISCUSSION

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ORDINARY MEETING, FEBRUARY 7, 1887

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ON THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD

GRIMTHORPE, LL.D., Q.C., F.R.A.S.

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EVOLUTION A REVELATION ; OR, THE UNIVERSE UNFOLDING IN THE